A joint statement issued in Dhaka during the three-day state visit of HE Maithripala Sirisena, president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is given here.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena leaves Dhaka for Colombo wrapping up his three-day 'historic' state visit pledging to carry forward the longstanding bilateral relations with greater trade and investment cooperation between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Students of engineering colleges and technical institutes in India will have to take part in yoga, sports or other socially relevant activities in addition to their regular academics to be awarded a degree.

Comedy group AIB has been accused of posting offensive content on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a complaint filed by the Mumbai police.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka agree to enter into a free trade regime by this year. The two countries reach the decision during official talks between Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.

India continues to modernise its atomic arsenal with an eye on China and the country's nuclear strategy which traditionally focused on

China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam have the world’s four biggest coal-fired power plants in pipeline. Together, they represent 82 percent of the 718 units globally under construction.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was fighting for his political future yesterday after judicial investigators ruled his family had

Two Myanmar nationals are detained with over one lakh yaba tablets in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Pakistan yesterday released 78 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said. The fishermen were released

In 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan. On Friday, Nobel Peace

Pakistan's first robot waitresses are serving up smiles for customers at an upscale pizza restaurant in the ancient city of Multan, better known for its centuries-old Sufi shrines, mango orchards and handicrafts.

China warned yesterday that the withdrawal of Indian troops from disputed territory was a precondition for peace as tensions rise in a

Sri Lanka yesterday vowed to grant greater autonomy to its Tamil minority in a new constitution after an influential Buddhist monk said

Now it is rusting hulk in a small town railway station, but Indian authorities want the stall where Prime Minister Narendra Modi sold tea with his father to become a global tourist magnet.

The next India-Bangladesh friendship dialogue will be held in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh at the beginning of 2018.

Rain pounded several parts of the country throwing life out of gear as the southwest monsoon advanced to several states.

India has pushed in more troops in a "non-combative mode" to strengthen its position in an area near Sikkim, where its soldiers have

At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report. Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.

A mild tremor jolts Sylhet in Bangladesh. However, no casualty was reported.